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"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.
Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Alphabet Project “Wolverine” Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

Google's experimental lab is working on a fascinating, top-secret initiative.

By Dan Robitzski

Space Tango, a Kentucky-based space startup, is planning to launch its own tiny orbital research platform in a matter of just two years.
Off-World

Kentucky Startup Plans to Launch Teeny Tiny Space Station

It's so tiny that it could fit on a SpaceX Rideshare.

By Victor Tangermann

The Wednesday explosion of SpaceX's Starship SN10 prototype was so intense, it showed up on local weather radar.
Starship

Starship Explosion Was So Huge It Was Picked Up by Weather Radar

Up close, the blast would have been Earth-shattering.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are identifying patients who were simultaneously infected by multiple coronavirus variants, raising concerns about new mutations.
Developments

People Are Catching Two COVID Strains at the Same Time

Inside one host, the different strains could swap genes — and mutate.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has finally managed to land its first massive Starship rocket in one piece. Well, at least it did for several minutes.
Starship

Elon Musk Says Starship “Landed in One Piece.” Fact Check: Kinda.

Will SpaceX manage to build a working Starship?

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC updated its official recommendations for surviving a zombie apocalypse. Experts say it's actually a valuable resource.
Developments

CDC Updates Guidelines For Zombie Apocalypse

Finally!

By Dan Robitzski

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chimed in on Tesla's new "yoke" steering wheel in its refreshed Model S.
Tesla

US Regulators Not Sure If Tesla’s Funky New Steering Wheel Breaks Rules

Futuristic fun, or a highway accident waiting to happen?

By Victor Tangermann

After a promising flight, SpaceX's SN10 Starship prototype landed gently on Wednesday evening — where it remained for minutes before exploding.
Starship

SpaceX’s Third Starship Prototype Lands, Explodes Minutes Later

Watch the incredible video here.

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Ample has launched an electric car charging network that can provide a car with a full charge in less than ten minutes, as Business Insider reports.
Advanced Transport

Startup Says It Can “Charge” an Electric Car In Under Ten Minutes

It's using a clever trick to recharge electric cars almost instantly.

By Victor Tangermann

A company is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract with them to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system for travel to Mars.
Mars

Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”

Is nuclear fusion power the key for an express trip to Mars?

By Victor Tangermann

Experts expected a new baby boom during the COVID-19 era, but the birth rate dropped instead. Experts say that this is a growing crisis for the country.
Developments

Experts: The United States’ Dropping Birth Rate is Becoming a “Crisis”

One expert is calling the baby bust a "barometer of despair."

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk and SpaceX want to rename Boca Chica Village, the community near its Starship launch site, to "Starbase, Texas."
Off-World

Elon Musk Wants to Rename a Texas Town “Starbase”

Gotta admit, that's a pretty cool name.

By Dan Robitzski

An Indian official announced that a major power outage initially dismissed as a technical failure seems to have been caused by Chinese hackers.
Science & Energy

Indian Official Claims Huge Blackout May Have Been a Hack

Preliminary reports suggest China launched a cyberattack against India.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have turned their focus on treating the long-term effects of COVID-19 — including a long term loss of taste and smell.
Developments

COVID Stole Their Smell and Taste. Now They’re Getting Treatment.

It's like "physical therapy for your nose."

By Victor Tangermann

President Biden announced that the US will likely have enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate every adult in the country by the end of May.
Viruses

White House Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine For All Adults by May

That's several months earlier than previously expected.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is ramping up to launch its third full-scale Starship rocket some time later this week — but this time, the rocket will attempt something new.
Starship

There’s Something Very Different About Tomorrow’s Starship Test

SpaceX is trying a new strategy.

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, the Earth's inner core has yet another core hidden inside of it with a different structure of iron.
Science & Energy

Scientists: There’s Something Lurking in the Center of Earth’s Core

"It's very exciting — and might mean we have to re-write the textbooks!"

By Victor Tangermann

Quantum phenomena like proton tunneling can, in unusual cases, cause point mutations in human DNA, according to a new study.
DNA

Quantum Physics Can Mutate Human DNA, Scientists Say

Welcome to the quantum realm.

By Dan Robitzski

NASA released the first ever microphone recordings taken on the surface of Mars, as picked up by one of the Perseverance Mars rover's two microphones.
Mars

NASA Releases First-Ever Recording of Sound on Mars

Listen to an eerie Martian wind, picked up by Perseverance's microphone.

By Victor Tangermann

The genealogy platform MyHeritage has introduced a new tool called Deep Nostalgia that allows you to animate old photos of dead relatives.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Tool “Deep Nostalgia” Lets You Reanimate Your Dead Relatives

Finally! A way to make old family photos even creepier

By Tony Ho Tran